Eire’s president has led tributes to Mark Sheehan, guitarist with Irish rock band The Script, after his demise on the age of 46.
The band stated Sheehan died in a hospital on Friday (April 14) after a quick sickness. In an announcement, The Script known as him a “a lot liked husband, father, brother, band mate and good friend.”
Fashioned in Dublin in 2001 by Sheehan, singer Danny O’Donoghue and drummer Glen Energy, The Script topped U.Okay. and Irish charts with its self-titled debut album in 2008. It included the hits “We Cry,” “Breakeven” and “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved,” which reached No. 1 in 5 nations.
The band’s pop-inflected rock sound made it considered one of Eire’s largest bands within the 2010s. The Script went on to have six prime 10 albums within the U.Okay. The group’s second album, Science & Religion, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2011.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins praised the band’s “originality and excellence” and despatched condolences to Sheehan’s household.
“By way of their music, Mark and The Script have performed an impressive half in persevering with and selling this proud custom of Irish musical success internationally,” Higgins stated.
Sheehan is survived by his spouse, Rina Sheehan, and their three youngsters.
